[Intro]
Give it up, ma, uh
Give it up, ma
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Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum
Bum-bum-bum
A-bum-bum-bum-bum
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Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum

[Verse 1]
You wanna know how it feels to be free
You crave a glimpse of eternity, oh, woah
A prisoner of consensual reality (Gve it up, ma)
It's hard to fit in when you feel so strange
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
Suppressed emotions mark a chemical change, oh, woah
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
Locked down to your soul (Gve it up, ma)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)

[Chorus]
Lovers drown each other
Trying to save their wretched souls (Oh)
Falling ever further
'Cause the centre cannot hold (Oh)

[Post-Chorus]
Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum
Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum
A-bum-bum-bum
Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum
Bum-bum-bum
Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum
A-bum-bum-bum
Give it up, ma
A-bum-bum-bum-bum

[Verse 2]
Shrinks and gurus sell you spiritual junk
This self-obsession is a rich man's curse, oh, woah
You've got karma to burn (Give it up, ma)
Searching for meaning, but the meaning is lost
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
You'll try to buy it whatever the cost, oh, woah
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
Keep on chasing the wind, oh (Give it up, ma)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)

[Chorus]
Lovers drown each other (Give it up, ma)
Trying to save their wretched souls (Give it up, ma)
Falling ever further (Give it up, ma)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
'Cause the centre cannot hold (Oh, give it up, ma)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(Give it up, ma)
No one knows another (Give it up, ma)
We can see only what they show (Give it up, ma)
Hidden depths might harbour (Give it up, ma)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
Sacred monsters
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
(A-bum-bum-bum, a-bum-bum-bum-bum)
The centre cannot hold (Oh)

[Outro]
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold